American Psycho and Moby Dick are the two that come to mind. American Psycho because it's worse than the film version (a rarity) and the descent into insanity isn't much more than annoying to read.
Moby Dick because I expected to be blown away, and aside from the Town Ho's Story found the whole thing underwhelming, overly verbose and bori…
American Psycho and Moby Dick are the two that come to mind. American Psycho because it's worse than the film version (a rarity) and the descent into insanity isn't much more than annoying to read.
Moby Dick because I expected to be blown away, and aside from the Town Ho's Story found the whole thing underwhelming, overly verbose and boring. I'd seen it compared to Shakespeare which gave a false sense - the bard had to keep his audience engaged and move things along.
The bard was a master of pop culture whereas Melville I think was pretentious not that I have even read 'Moby Dick'. I think it was fashionable for a while to be seen with a copy.
I think people forget that, Shakespeare put bums on seats from the highest to the lowest tiers of England. A mix of classical education and references with crude toilet humour!
American Psycho and Moby Dick are the two that come to mind. American Psycho because it's worse than the film version (a rarity) and the descent into insanity isn't much more than annoying to read.
Moby Dick because I expected to be blown away, and aside from the Town Ho's Story found the whole thing underwhelming, overly verbose and boring. I'd seen it compared to Shakespeare which gave a false sense - the bard had to keep his audience engaged and move things along.
The bard was a master of pop culture whereas Melville I think was pretentious not that I have even read 'Moby Dick'. I think it was fashionable for a while to be seen with a copy.
I think people forget that, Shakespeare put bums on seats from the highest to the lowest tiers of England. A mix of classical education and references with crude toilet humour!